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judy

auckland, New Zealand | Member Since 2012

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  • Absalom, Absalom! | [William Faulkner]
    Absalom, Absalom!
    UNABRIDGED

    Absalom, Absalom!

    • UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By William Faulkner
    • Narrated By Grover Gardner
    Overall
    (139)
    Performance
    (71)
    Story
    (70)

    Absalom, Absalom! tells the story of Thomas Sutpen, the enigmatic stranger who came to Jefferson township in the early 1830s. With a French architect and a band of wild Haitians, he wrung a fabulous plantation out of the muddy bottoms of the north Mississippi wilderness.

    pilot says: "A long, enjoyable listen"
    "reader is too fast in his delivery"
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    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    Faulkner's language is so complex that it takes a little effort to digest the text. As always he is well worth the effort but the listener needs a slower text reader to really appreciate the complexity of Faulkners language.


    Did Grover Gardner do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?

    yes he did. Just spoken a little fast for me


    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
  • Last Evenings on Earth | [Roberto Bolano]
    Last Evenings on Earth
    UNABRIDGED

    Last Evenings on Earth

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Roberto Bolano
    • Narrated By David Crommett
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (3)
    Performance
    (3)
    Story
    (3)

    The first short-story collection in English by the acclaimed Chilean author Roberto Bolano. Winner of a 2005 PEN Translation Fund Award. "The melancholy folklore of exile," as Roberto Bolano once put it, pervades these 14 haunting stories. Bolano's narrators are usually writers grappling with private (and generally unlucky) quests, who typically speak in the first person, as if giving a deposition, like witnesses to a crime.

    Ivan Bellman says: "Hey Audible... why does the icon say Chinese Lit?"
    "done well"
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    Where does Last Evenings on Earth rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    The book was rather like listening to a lawyer or policeman giving evidence at a public hearing. I am glad I bought it although I can not say I enjoyed the experience . I am not a fan of Kafka who I was reminded of while listening to Last Evenings on Earth


    What other book might you compare Last Evenings on Earth to and why?

    Kafka, The Trial . Same style of writing .


    Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

    Left me neutral. No emotional response.


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • The Caine Mutiny | [Herman Wouk]
    The Caine Mutiny
    UNABRIDGED

    The Caine Mutiny

    • UNABRIDGED (26 hrs and 31 mins)
    • By Herman Wouk
    • Narrated By Kevin Pariseau
    Overall
    (353)
    Performance
    (297)
    Story
    (293)

    Having inspired a classic film and Broadway play, The Caine Mutiny is Herman Wouk's boldly dramatic, brilliantly entertaining novel of life—and mutiny—on a Navy warship in the Pacific theater. It was immediately embraced upon its original publication as one of the first serious works of American fiction to grapple with the moral complexities and the human consequences of the Second World War. In the intervening half century, this gripping story has become a perennial favorite, selling millions throughout the world, and claiming the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

    James says: "Even Better than the Movie"
    "caine mutiny was hard to turn off listening to"
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    Where does The Caine Mutiny rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

    Excellent. gripping story and history


    What was one of the most memorable moments of The Caine Mutiny?

    The breaking of the cable towing the target. Poor old captain lost the plot


    What does Kevin Pariseau bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

    listening is very relaxing.


    If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

    a real experience of life at sea


    0 of 0 people found this review helpful

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